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What horrible warranty makes you have to repurchase an Android phone? :p And the developer's end does affect you. iPhone apps by definition are not as rich in function as Android apps because of the ridiculous level of restriction.
 
My iPhone does what I need it to do and I dont have any issues with it like I did the Droid I had.
*shrug* That's all I really care about.
 
I'm probably gonna regret this....
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....but I had one of these back in the early days. It was truck mounted (connected to the horn- VERY annoying!) and people really did a double take when you're driving down the road talking on the phone. Service was sporadic and it sounded like the person you were talking too was on the moon (looooonnnng delays).
 
^ Wow - is that on the 4G network!! Must last MONTHS with a battery that size!!!

I had a Motorola StarTac once, pull up ariel and evreything!
 
I remember my Grandma used to have one of those in the early 90s...thing was a beast.

I got my first cell phone in 2003. It was a flip phone. There wasn't any data on it...my mom had canceled the internet, or blocked it or something. I was 20.

I got my first non-flip phone in 2011, which was an iPhone 4. It still works, and I still have it. I just removed the SIM card, and am using it as an iPod Touch now, which is essentially what it is now.

I'm happy with my HTC One S, although I am a bit irritated that I don't have the current OS. Everyone else has Jellybean 4.2, and I just got the update for Jellybean 4.1 (which is nice, but annoying...it's better than that Ice Cream Sandwich, though.)

And if you want music on your phone, there are choices like Google Music and Amazon MP3, which essentially can replace an ipod. And then, there is Spotify and Pandora. :)
 
I'm using the Nokia 808, even though the age of Symbian shows, it's got all the smartphone extras but also the best phone camera money can buy. The sensor is 43 MP, depending on widescreen or not, it makes 32? or 36? megapixel photos.

Been thinking of making a HDR nighttime photo one of these days.
 
apple makes products that are top of the line, all the time. you dont have the choice. Interface is simple. Security is decent. of course that comes with a price. Apple is All-or-Nothing.

android (or other OS) has many choices because it caters to all budget groups. but you still get what you pay for. also, android is more free to use, but comes with more risks.

Apple isnt 'more' expensive, if you get android with the same specs, they will cost about the same. but you could always opt for a lower quality android for less money.
 
Regumika said:
apple makes products that are top of the line, all the time. you dont have the choice. Interface is simple. Security is decent. of course that comes with a price. Apple is All-or-Nothing.

android (or other OS) has many choices because it caters to all budget groups. but you still get what you pay for. also, android is more free to use, but comes with more risks.

Apple isnt 'more' expensive, if you get android with the same specs, they will cost about the same. but you could always opt for a lower quality android for less money.

At one time Apple were struggling to make ends meet and to create a good brand, now that they are a refined company, people use Apple products mostly as a statement.

Because of this, Apple know people will pay top price for their products, which in turn allows them to use high grade materials to further amplify their status.

I think Apple are quite greedy, I do like some of the products they have, but it comes at a price I'm not willing to pay (not just price), ultimately, they're like all the other controlling companies who flood the market with a billion versions of the same thing in a bid to try and plug every gap in the market and go for global domination.




Process of someone with a new Apple product:

1. Remove product from the overly-designed box (To then be chucked in the bin).
2. Have to integrate half your life, ie; addresses, phone numbers, email, shitebook, twitter, blah blah.
3. Update #1 (Probably firmware).
4. Update #2 (Enabling a function that should have been there in the first place).
5. Product out of date.

:)
 
I wouldn't say that, 9006. My Verizon iPhone 4 still works...it just isn't tied to a carrier right now, so it can't call or text anyone.

It works off wifi, and does everything else that it did before, and it has been updating, too...so I wouldn't say that it is a fault of an update. When Androids come out with new updates, though, they are new OS completely (the difference between Jellybean and Ice Cream Sandwich, for instance)...when Apple comes up with an update, it's to improve stability and fix bugs on the same OS.

With Android, you get more flexibility, but with Apple, you get stability. It just depends on what you want. Go with Apple if you want a stable smartphone with a few cool tricks, and go with Android if you want to geek out and add a bunch of features and hack into the software, and risk having the whole thing crash on you the next day.
 
iPhone 4....

With my Skullcandy sticker on my black case....

a thing of beauty, unlike the house bricks korea make now. Who cares about a restricted OS. It's a phone lol - picky modern people the lot of ya


BUT


my 2007 BUTTON phone takes all my junk calls etc, so for faithfulness reasons I say everybody sell your smartphones and go back to buttons :p

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LeaningIntoTheMuse said:
With Android, you get more flexibility, but with Apple, you get stability. It just depends on what you want. Go with Apple if you want a stable smartphone with a few cool tricks, and go with Android if you want to geek out and add a bunch of features and hack into the software, and risk having the whole thing crash on you the next day.

You can always jailbreak that iPhone and take things to a whole new level....
 
WildernessWildChild said:
LeaningIntoTheMuse said:
With Android, you get more flexibility, but with Apple, you get stability. It just depends on what you want. Go with Apple if you want a stable smartphone with a few cool tricks, and go with Android if you want to geek out and add a bunch of features and hack into the software, and risk having the whole thing crash on you the next day.

You can always jailbreak that iPhone and take things to a whole new level....

That's true, but that voids the warranty, and opens it up to hackers. Etc.

I did discover something quite cool. For a small fee (pay as you go), you can turn a serviceless iPhone into a working phone, with texts and phone service.

I recently did that, and now I have two numbers that I can be privately reached at. As a networking idea, this is genius! And it's good to have a phone again, even if I can only call out over wifi.
 
LeaningIntoTheMuse said:
That's true, but that voids the warranty, and opens it up to hackers. Etc.

You can reverse a jailbroken phone, so as to restore the warranty.

I do like iPhones, but I just hate the company behind it that constantly release "newer" versions, but I suppose it's whatever you want, both have drawbacks, really.
 
man id just be happy with a phone that has working buttons!


Ive got a nokia e63 cracked screen missing 'L' button and a middle navigation key that falls off if im not careful, not cool bro not cool!
 
Yikes Prince, that's pretty awful.

I am lucky in that I don't generally break my phones. I dropped my Droid, but nothing cracked or was broken. And my iPhone actually fell down a flight of stairs, and the case protected it...almost 3 years later, it still looks like new.
 
LeaningIntoTheMuse said:
Yikes Prince, that's pretty awful.

I am lucky in that I don't generally break my phones. I dropped my Droid, but nothing cracked or was broken. And my iPhone actually fell down a flight of stairs, and the case protected it...almost 3 years later, it still looks like new.

lol wow!, my brother previously owned my phone he stood on it getn outta bed half asleep and crunched it running to the bathroom, he weighed around 280 pounds/130kg a total beast! , I think its time I upgraded to something like u have, btw love that Gandhi quote in ur signature it ROCKS cos it's so true!
 

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